IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Taurus
The Bull
OriginAncient
AbbreviationTau
GenitiveTauri
Pronunciation/ˈtɔːrəs/ TOR-əs genitive /ˈtɔːraɪ/ TOR-eye
TOR-us
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarAldebaran (α Tauri)
Right Ascention 4h 36m Declination +16° 31'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.132h (7.9m)
Taurus, “The Bull” represents Zeus in the form he took when he abducted Europa, daughter of the king of Phoenicia. While playing on the beach, Europa sighted a magnificent white bull with golden horns grazing peacefully with her father’s herd. She was entranced by its beauty and gentle demeanor. The bull knelt before her, and when she climbed up on its back, it went into the sea and swam her to Crete, where Zeus finally shed his bestial disguise. He seduced her and one of their offspring was Minos, king of Crete.
www.underthesky.com
Taurus as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←April 2735→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930
1 April 2735 2 April 2735 3 April 2735 4 April 2735 5 April 2735 6 April 2735 7 April 2735 8 April 2735 9 April 2735 10 April 2735 11 April 2735 12 April 2735 13 April 2735 14 April 2735 15 April 2735 16 April 2735 17 April 2735 18 April 2735 19 April 2735 20 April 2735 21 April 2735 22 April 2735 23 April 2735 24 April 2735 25 April 2735 26 April 2735 27 April 2735 28 April 2735 29 April 2735 30 April 2735 1 May 2735 1 Tucana 597 2 Tucana 597 3 Tucana 597 4 Tucana 597 5 Tucana 597 6 Tucana 597 7 Tucana 597 8 Tucana 597 9 Tucana 597 10 Tucana 597 11 Tucana 597 12 Tucana 597 13 Tucana 597 14 Tucana 597 15 Tucana 597 16 Tucana 597 17 Tucana 597 18 Tucana 597 19 Tucana 597 20 Tucana 597 21 Tucana 597 22 Tucana 597 23 Tucana 597 24 Tucana 597 25 Tucana 597 26 Tucana 597 27 Tucana 597 28 Tucana 597 1 Phoenix 598 2 Phoenix 598 3 Phoenix 598
MD 259120 MD 259121 MD 259122 MD 259123 MD 259124 MD 259125 MD 259126 MD 259127 MD 259128 MD 259129 MD 259130 MD 259131 MD 259132 MD 259133 MD 259134 MD 259135 MD 259136 MD 259137 MD 259138 MD 259139 MD 259140 MD 259141 MD 259142 MD 259143 MD 259144 MD 259145 MD 259146 MD 259147 MD 259148 MD 259149 MD 259150 MS 252125 MS 252126 MS 252127 MS 252128 MS 252129 MS 252130 MS 252131 MS 252132 MS 252133 MS 252134 MS 252135 MS 252136 MS 252137 MS 252138 MS 252139 MS 252140 MS 252141 MS 252142 MS 252143 MS 252144 MS 252145 MS 252146 MS 252147 MS 252148 MS 252149 MS 252150 MS 252151 MS 252152 MS 252153 MS 252154 MS 252155